there are two dogs in the house: one old and ancient 12 year old mutt, and one 3 year old 'puppy' -- it's the 'puppy' who is getting attacked by the 'queen' cat
ok the 'queen' cat and the 'puppy' have grown up together, they played together, etc.... so they have been friendly in the past, the horde of 6 kittens has been banished to the bathroom (a room that is 8ftx5ft) until they are all familiar with and using the litter boxes
in the past week the queen has attacked the 'puppy' about 4 times, for no apparent reason, at first i thought it was because the 'puppy' was getting too near the kittens and the bathroom (looking for the treats that don't come in the bag), but the queen has taken to attacking the 'puppy' outside and in other parts of the house as well, so i'm at a lose as to why, separating them seems to be the only thing that works, but i can't be home all the time to save the dog -- and there are times when there is no problem and they get along great......
i have to introduce the the kittens to the dogs at some point and time and let them out of the bathroom someday
and if she's being territorial she needs to get over it -- lol to bad i can't just tell her that!
help?!!
ok the 'queen' cat and the 'puppy' have grown up together, they played together, etc.... so they have been friendly in the past, the horde of 6 kittens has been banished to the bathroom (a room that is 8ftx5ft) until they are all familiar with and using the litter boxes
in the past week the queen has attacked the 'puppy' about 4 times, for no apparent reason, at first i thought it was because the 'puppy' was getting too near the kittens and the bathroom (looking for the treats that don't come in the bag), but the queen has taken to attacking the 'puppy' outside and in other parts of the house as well, so i'm at a lose as to why, separating them seems to be the only thing that works, but i can't be home all the time to save the dog -- and there are times when there is no problem and they get along great......
i have to introduce the the kittens to the dogs at some point and time and let them out of the bathroom someday
and if she's being territorial she needs to get over it -- lol to bad i can't just tell her that!
help?!!